Proposed origin of aragonite Bahaman and some pleistocene marine ooids involving bacteria, nannobacteria(?), and biofilms

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-22

  Kahle, Charles F J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Nannobacteria; Ooids

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CALCIFICATION; LIMESTONE; OOID; PLEISTOCENE;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34347370193     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175842     Document Type: Article

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